The Zombies, Run! runner's app for iOS, Windows and Android combines smart elements of zombie fandom and serialized storytelling with data and gameplay geekery to try and prepare us for a real-life Walking Dead.

SFWeekly is running a feature this week about how iPads may be a "quiet revolution" for the autistic community:Though scrolling through the icons is easy for most users, the device was not created with special-needs consumers in mind.So when Leo took it in his small hands as if it were an old friend, and, with almost no training, whizzed through its apps like a technology virtuoso, his mother gasped in amazement.

Having just made it through a successful rollout of Google Educational Apps, I was looking for interesting sites and easy training materials for teachers to ponder over the summer. Along comes @jkeltner on Twitter and points me towards two community-driven sites devoted to Google Apps, Education Edition.

I attended the Atlantic City Area Mac User Group (ACAMUG) meeting on Friday and was pleasantly surprised by the turn out and audience. Regular readers know that I'm a big advocate of Mac User Groups (MUGs) and encourage users to find and attend one in your area.

Western Australia's Department of Education and Training (DET) has recently commenced a new project that will see an array of Apple Macs installed in a large number of selected schools throughout the state.Through the program -- Learning with ICT Schools Technology Upgrade Project -- the department will purchase Apple's Intel-based iMac, Mac mini and MacBook machines for the designated schools.